Attachment for telephone-mouthpieces.



PATENTED JAN. 13, 1903.

\ J. F. LOGUE.

ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE MOUTHPIEGES.

APPLICATION FILED-SEPT. 8, 1902.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 00.. PHOTO-Lima, WASHINGTON, D4 1:.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. LOGUE, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

ATTACH M ENT FOR TELEPHON E-M-OUTH PIECES.

3PEG IFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,264, dated January 13, 1903.

Application filed September 8, 1902. Seriallllo. 122.525. (No model.)

To all whom it 17mg concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN F. LOGUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, county of Sacramento, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Attachments for Telephone-Mouthpieces; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in telephone-mouthpiece attachments in which a spring-wire frame is adapted to be secured to the mouthpiece and between which frame and the end of the mouthpiece a sheet of paper may be placed and held in position over the open end of the mouthpiece.

Its object is to provide a simple means of preventing the transmission of disease germs through the medium of the usually-unprotected mouthpiece. 7

It consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a front elevation of the device with section of paper in position over mouthpiece, also shown in section. Fig. 2 shows a front elevation with modification of wire arrangement. Fig. 3shows aside elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows a further modification of device,the perforated plate being dispensed with. Fig. 5 shows aside view of Fig. 4.

A represents an ordinary telephone-mouthpiece screwinginto the transmitter. Suitably secured to the mouthpiece and standing approximately in a plane with the front edge of the mouthpiece and preferably concentric therewith is a wire loop or ring 2, between which and the end of the mouthpiece the protective sheet is to be placed. This loop may vary in form, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2,

A wire 4, having its ends secured to the plate, extends horizontally outward approximately the length of the mouthpiece. two portions of the wire arethen bent downward and again abruptlyupward at 5 to afford a support for a sheetot' paper, and the central portion of the wire is spread and rounded into the loop 2. This loop, being, as it is, concentric with the mouthpiece and in substantially the same plane with the end thereof, serves to hold a sheet of paper taut over the mouthpiece.

In operation, each user of the telephone may remove the sheet already in the holder and replace it by a fresh one torn from a pad kept comfortably to hand.

In Fig. 5 the plate 3 is dispensed with and the ends of the wire terminate in curved arms 6, embracing the mouthpiece, as shown, while the wire frame is kinked, as at 7, to fit the edge of the mouthpiece.

The horizontal portions of the wire, Fig. 3, may be formed with bends 8, which permit the loop to be adjusted to mouthpieces of different lengths by the aid of a pair of pliers applied to straighten the bends 8, and so remove the loop farther from plate 3 until it stands in proper relation to the end of the mouthpiece.

The advantages of such a device are its simplicity, the cheapness with which it can be made and supplied to the public, the ease and quickness with which a fresh sheet of paper may be inserted, and the fact that the paper of the ordinary scribbling-pad will serve for the purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a telephone-mouth piece, of a spring-wire frame secured thereto, said frame including a loop substantially concentric with the mouthpiece and in a plane approximately coincident with the open end of the latter, the portions of said wire intermediate of the loop and its point of connection with the mouthpiece bent downwardly to form a support to hold a sheet of paper against the open end of the mouthpiece.

2. The combination with a telephone-mouthpiece, of a wire frame secured thereto, said frame comprising a single piece of wire centrally bent to form a loop embracing the 100 The mouthpiece but out of contact therewith and In witness whereof I have hereunto set my approximately in the same plane with the hand.

open end of the mouthpiece and the por- 1 tions of said wire intermediate of said 100p JOHN LOGUE' 5 and its point of connection with the mouth- Witnesses:

piece bent to form a support for a sheet of A. G. HOAGLAND,

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